| Analysis of competitiveness and determinant factors of minor grain crop industry in Gansu Province |
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| DOI：10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2012.05.01 |
| Key Words: Gansu Province minor grain crops competitiveness determinant factors |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | DOU Xuecheng | College of Economics and Management, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070, China | | GONG Daxin | College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070, China | | GUAN Xiaokang | School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China |
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| Abstract: |
| The competition dominance of minor grain crop industry in Gansu Province was comparatively analyzed through investigation of consumers and farmers. The resource endowment index, cost and benefit, comprehensive comparative advantage index and econometric model were used to explore the main reason of market competitiveness of minor grain crop industry in Gansu Province. The results showed that the resource endowment index of millet, broom corn millet, buckwheat and fava bean in Gansu was 1.53, 6.64, 8.72 and 3.9, respectively. The comparative advantage index was 1.23, 2.57, 2.95 and 1.97 for millet, broom corn millet, buckwheat, and fava bean, respectively. Minor grain crop industry in Gansu Province had competitive potential in resources abundance, cost and benefit, planting scale and output level. The main reasons affecting the market competitiveness of minor grain crops in Gansu Province were consumer's income level
, cognition degree, age and level of education. Land scale and proportion of minor grain crop income in total household income significantly affected farmer's will for expanding minor grain crop planting scale. |
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